If the root system between patches is severed ... 2008). The ability of aspen to produce whole stands of "trees" vegetatively provides yet another key element in explaining the species’ ability ...

However, aspen also has the ability to send up new young shoots, or suckers, off the root system of an established tree, sometimes up to 30 metres away, if the tree is large. These suckers are ...

Have you ever wondered what the oldest living thing is? Introducing Pando, the ancient quaking aspen forest that's over ...

The new sprout is a clone of the original tree, and many cloned aspen trees can grow from the same root system. Aspen clones are some of the largest organisms on the planet. A single aspen ...